When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.

One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.

You are adrift while you still think that a means is an end.

The chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain.

Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.